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Oscar Noms Announced

By: News Editor
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Source: Oscars.org

Here is a list of some of the key and Cinescape related nominees for this year's 78th Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2005, which will be presented on Sunday, March 5, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland� and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in "Syriana" (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon in "Crash" (Lions Gate)
Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)
Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
William Hurt in "A History of Violence" (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in "Junebug" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)

Best animated feature film of the year
"Howl's Moving Castle" (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Bros.)
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box

Achievement in art direction
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"King Kong" (Universal)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Achievement in cinematography
"Batman Begins" (Warner Bros.)
Wally Pfister
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Rodrigo Prieto
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
Robert Elswit
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Dion Beebe
"The New World" (New Line)
Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in costume design
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Warner Bros.)
Gabriella Pescucci
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Colleen Atwood
"Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company)
Sandy Powell
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)
Jacqueline Durran
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
Arianne Phillips

Achievement in directing
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Ang Lee
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Bennett Miller
"Crash" (Lions Gate)
Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
George Clooney
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Steven Spielberg

Achievement in makeup
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
(Buena Vista)
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
"Cinderella Man"
(Universal and Miramax)
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"
(20th Century Fox)
Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

Best motion picture of the year
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
A River Road Entertainment Production
Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
An A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town/ Infinity Media Production
Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
"Crash" (Lions Gate)
A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar's Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull's Eye Entertainment Production
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production
Grant Heslov, Producer
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks)
A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production
Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers

Achievement in sound editing
"King Kong" (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King

Achievement in sound mixing
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista)
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
"King Kong" (Universal)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

Achievement in visual effects
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista)
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
"King Kong" (Universal)
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay
"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Screenplay by Dan Futterman
"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
"A History of Violence" (New Line)
Screenplay by Josh Olson
"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Original screenplay
"Crash" (Lions Gate)
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Story by Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
"Match Point" (DreamWorks)
Written by Woody Allen
"The Squid and the Whale" (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing)
Written by Noah Baumbach
"Syriana" (Warner Bros.)
Written by Stephen Gaghan

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Comments/Responses

almostunbiased • Jan 31, 2006, 02:50pm •

I'm pathetic. I haven't seen any of these movies for best picture this year.

• Jan 31, 2006, 05:55pm •

Oscar Time again, Thank God for Video Game Systems and dvds.

• Jan 31, 2006, 06:09pm •

Narnia gets an FX nod over EP3? wow, I was NOT impressed with the Narnia FX. as for Best Picture I like Crash.

clarkfquinones • Jan 31, 2006, 07:14pm •

Hollywood has finally completly come out of the closet. King kong should be best pic. Not some movie about gay cowboys.

coldhardtruth • Jan 31, 2006, 08:22pm •

I agree with westend. Why the hell wasn't Revenge of the Sith nominated for visual achievement?!? That makes no sense.

• Jan 31, 2006, 09:17pm •

what a slow thread, maybe if BSG or James Bond was the topic we'd have more to talk about.

• Jan 31, 2006, 10:11pm •

I totally agree clarkquinones. Gay cowboys are getting too much play these days.

• Feb 01, 2006, 12:14am •

I can't believe Narnia got nominated over Ep3 - sure the visuals were creative, but they simply weren't up to the standard set by Ep3 - the opening space battle alone should have at LEAST garnered the film a nomination.
And I think King Kong should have gotten a best picture nomination. But what's with the complaints about Brokeback Mountain? If it's a good film with a good story and good acting (I haven't seen it, but from what I've heard it is a great film), who cares if the two main characters are gay cowboys?? It's like saying King Kong is just a movie about a giant monkey! Don't monkeys throw poop? Eewwww! Why would anyone want to see that?!! As for gay cowboys getting too much play, I haven't seen Heath Ledger in stetson winking at me from the front of a cereal-box yet!

• Feb 01, 2006, 07:58am •

Episode III really didn't present anything we hadn't already seen in all the other 5 Star Wars films. Space battles and lightsabers. Nothing new. I think it's for that reason it was overlooked. Narnia presented probably some of the most realistic CG animals ever committed to film. The creation and final look of Aslan was in itself an acheivement. They also took the A.I. program they used in LOTR to another level. King Kong also deserves to be there. The sequences on Skull Island were intense. And much like Narnia, probably one of the most realistic apes ever to grace the silver screen.

As for the gay cowboy movie, it's definitely gotten too much play. Everyone wants to put their own little spin on it and it seems they all want to quote the lines for a laugh. People on the internet are making some really sick parody films for crying out loud. I'm personally sick of hearing how good it is. If you want to see a love affair between two guys, then more power to you. As for me, you could tell me it's the greatest film ever and I still wouldn't go see it.

I find it increasingly strange that alot of people are supporting it. I'm starting to think its not about the movie at all and more about garnering acceptance of the gay community.

I don't hate gay people but I'm not interested in having them shove their lifestyle in my face. It seems that's happening more and more these days. Just look at all the gay content on TV for proof. All the gay cowboy movie has done is bring that content to movie theatres. Everyone has become so oblivious to homosexuality because it has slowly been spoon feed to them in every media imaginable. Feature films were only the next logical step. And for some reason, everyone thinks of the gay cowboy movie as some kind of an acheivement.

• Feb 01, 2006, 08:02am •

I haven't seen Capote, but I've seen the other nominees for best picture and I'd have to cast my vote for Crash. I like moveis that have the stories wound together in a larger frame. Brokeback Mountain would finish a close second if I was voting; it truly is an amazing film. Although I didn't care much for the film, SW:ROTS should have garnered a nomination. The story and acting in ROTS might have been more in line with a B movie, but the effects were impressive.

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